Mediagazer: Ben Smith, @crushingbort and @blippoblappo talk about plagiarism (Bill Adair/Poynter)

1:20 AM ET, November 13, 2014

Top News:

FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler Tells Silicon Valley He's Open To Obama Net Neutrality Plan — WASHINGTON - On Monday, President Barack Obama went public with his support of an aggressive approach to protecting net neutrality. Shortly after that, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler told …

Discussion: Medium, TechCrunch, @jamieson, @reedfrich, @mmasnick, @amy_schatz, @froomkin, Mother Jones, Variety, @gigibsohnfcc, @gigibsohnfcc and The Hill

Amy Schatz / Re/code:
No Net Neutrality Rules Until 2015 as Disagreements About Plan Continue

Discussion: Reuters and Electronista

Washington Post:
FCC's Tom Wheeler signals split with Obama on net neutrality: “I am an independent agency”

Today's Zaman:

Turkish journalist Mehmet Baransu faces sentence of 2 to 7 years on charges of insulting President Erdogan on Twitter — Journalist Baransu faces 7 years for insulting Erdoan on Twitter — A prosecutor from the Anatolia Courthouse has opened a criminal case against well-known Turkish …

Discussion: @wexler

Ece Toksabay / Reuters:

Turkish state TV fined for favoring Erdogan in election coverage — (Reuters) - Turkey's state-run broadcaster has been penalized for favoring President Tayyip Erdogan in its coverage of the country's first popular vote for head of state, the national election board said on Wednesday.

Discussion: Today's Zaman …

Peter Kafka / Re/code:

How Henry Blodget Convinced Jeff Bezos to Give Him Millions — Back in the first tech bubble, Henry Blodget became famous by betting big on Jeff Bezos. Now Bezos has bet on Blodget, by putting his own money — twice — into Blodget's Business Insider site. — How'd that happen? And why'd that happen?

Eriq Gardner / Hollywood Reporter:

Irving Azoff Threatens to Yank 20,000 Songs from YouTube (Exclusive) — The industry heavyweight, representing Pharrell Williams and others, believes that YouTube hasn't made all necessary deals for its new subscription service and is prepared to take his clients off of the YouTube ecosystem

Casey Newton / The Verge:
YouTube announces YouTube Music Key subscription service; free invite-only beta starts Monday, will cost $7.99/month after 6 months

Discussion: YouTube Blog, TechCrunch, New York Times, Re/code, hypebot, CNBC, SocialTimes, Electronista, @guythompson, TIME, The Next Web, VentureBeat, ABC News, Billboard, Los Angeles Times, Guardian, Wall Street Journal, TechRadar.com, Gigaom, @reckless, Variety, hypebot and Mashable

Erik Wemple / Washington Post:

New York Times editor on China visa problem: 'We're a little bit hostages' — The troubles of the New York Times in getting China visas for its personnel flashed on the international stage during a Wednesday joint news conference with President Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Discussion: New York Times, @prchovanec, @panphil and @comradewong

Josh Gerstein / Politico:
At press conference with Obama, China leader lectures U.S. media

Discussion: The Hill, Committee to Protect …, NY Daily News, The Huffington Post, Washington Post, ABC News, Mediaite, @dloesch, @mikiebarb and New York Times

David Lieberman / Deadline:

DreamWorks Animation & Hasbro In Merger Talks; Deal With Hearst Looming — EXCLUSIVE: DreamWorks Animation is deeply engaged in two potentially game changing negotiations that could transform the company — including one with Hasbro to forge a family entertainment powerhouse to be called DreamWorks-Hasbro.

Discussion: New York Times, Business Insider, @lucas_shaw, @rwmead and @vfxsoldier

Jack Dickey / TIME:

Taylor Swift's label says she earned less than $500K for domestic streaming the past 12 months; Spotify says it paid her $2M for global streaming in that period — Taylor Swift's Spotify Paycheck Mystery — Spotify and Swift's record label provide new figures to defend themselves …

Discussion: CNNMoney.com, Page Six, CNET, @cullend, @brianstelter, The Verge, Associated Press, Variety, Business Insider and Rolling Stone

Bill Adair / Poynter:

Ben Smith, @crushingbort and @blippoblappo talk about plagiarism — I teach a journalism ethics class at Duke University that focuses on issues of trust. I spend about half the semester exploring the pros and cons of anonymous sourcing, the other half on plagiarism and fabrication.

Discussion: The Daily Beast, Gawker, @elongreen and Our Bad Media

Robert Channick / Chicago Tribune:

Chicago Tribune managing editor leaves to pursue personal interests — Jane Hirt, who helped lead the Chicago Tribune newsroom through the dark days of bankruptcy and into an unfolding digital future, is stepping down as managing editor to pursue personal interests, the Tribune announced Wednesday.

Discussion: Poynter, JIMROMENESKO.COM, @scottkleinberg, @coloneltribune, @megcraig1, @gerrykern, @cdipasquale, @stacystclair, @brithewebguy, @pkendalltribune and @andybechtel

Sudarshan Varadhan / Reuters:
Tribune shareholder urges asset sale, share buyback

Discussion: PR Newswire

Marc Graser / Variety:

Live Nation, Vice Media Form Digital Platform for Music Programming — Live Nation Entertainment and Vice Media have formed a joint venture to produce and distribute music programming on digital platforms. — The new digital network will launch in early 2015, and feature hundreds of hours …

Discussion: AdAge, Tubefilter, Reuters and @withdrake

Jordan Novet / VentureBeat:

Google, Spotify, & Pandora bet a computer could generate a better playlist than you can — Google, Pandora, and Spotify haven't exactly advertised it, but they are all working on using a type of artificial intelligence called “deep learning” to make a better music playlist for you.

Discussion: @benschrauwen and @ylecun

Nicole Levy / Capital New York:

Time launches The Vault, giving subscribers online access to every magazine since 1923 — Time.com opens its ‘Vault’ — Is 2014 the year of the legacy media archive? — In May, The Nation launched a blog called “Back Issues” that highlights selections from its 149 years of weekly publication.

Discussion: The Nation and New Yorker

Clifford Coonan / Hollywood Reporter:

Chinese mobile phone maker Xiaomi invests $300M in Baidu's online video site, iQiyi — China's Xiaomi to Invest $300 Million in Baidu's Online Site iQiyi — Xiaomi has also partnered with Youku Tudou to jointly invest in the production and distribution of online video content and movies